In a unique experiment in democratic transparency, Barack Obama – a BlackBerry owner, and the first American president to use email while in office – has agreed to copy G2 in on his otherwise highly confidential electronic communications. Each week, we present a selection from recent days:

Bibi – honestly, don't worry about it. I get called a lot of things, most of them worse than "anti-semite", but as long as you know my support for Israel remains steadfast, it doesn't matter what your brother-in-law says. As I've told people here, it's perfectly possible for two countries to maintain their strong bonds of affection even when one of those countries is really, really pissed off with the other one. It's just like a marriage. A troubled, dysfunctional marriage. Best, Barack

Nice work – The Israeli govt seems to be in full climbdown mode, so keep up the tough talk, and we'll see if we can't wring some substantive concessions out of them ahead of the talks. Do you think it would be too much to ask Netanyahu to come out in support of healthcare reform? It's a shame to waste his contrition. B

To: Nancy Pelosi <speaker@house.gov>Subject: Re: the magic number 216

Tell your wavering congressmen that my Mr Nice Guy approach has exactly 12 hours left to run. The first guy to cave in gets an airport named after him; the next one gets a bridge. After that they get locked in a room with Rahm for an hour. He's standing by in a towel, with a cattle prod. It's not technically torture – we checked. BHO

When I said I'd been called worse things than anti-semite, I didn't mean to imply that it isn't a terrible thing to be called. In fact, maybe it is the worst thing I've been called. Yes, it's definitely the worst thing. Where do you stand on taxing employer-sponsored health plans, btw?